In the oil industry, a barrel of oil is equal to 159 litres.
Posts made by Dave Paprocki
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Stage invasion
an occasion when a person or group of people go onto the stage where a singer or a band is performing:
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RE: Demiurge
in some early belief systems such as Platonic philosophy and Gnosticism , a god who creates, shapes, or controls the physical world
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Arithmetic sequence
a sequence (= an ordered series of numbers) in which the numbers get bigger or smaller by the same amount, such as 3, 6, 9..., or 9, 6, 3:
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Marching bands
a group of musicians who march at the same time as playing their instruments
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RE: Curtailing
to stop something before it is finished, or to reduce or limit something:
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Toys with sb/sth
to not care seriously about someone or about their feelings, especially during a romantic friendship
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RE: Get cold feet
to feel too frightened to do something that you had planned to do:
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RE: Retort stands
a device that is used to hold glass containers esp. during a chemistry experiment
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Time-and-motion study
a study of work methods, especially in industry or business, in order to find the most effective way of operating
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Stayed on
to continue to be in a place, job, or school after the other people who were with you have left:
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Vesicular
used to refer to rock that contains holes made by gas escaping from cooling lava
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Tea breaks
a short rest from working, usually spent drinking tea or something similar:
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Negative territory
a situation in which an amount or a figure is less than zero, or less than a previous or expected level: